Hornbeck is trying the best place to be so he can get the full effect and see both sides for the newspaper. He wants a view of the situation that no other journalsits can get. He is using a metaphor when comparing tomorrow's events to a battle. Hornbeck is using a mocking tone when explaining what he is doing. When he is saying the other journalists are going to clutter up tomorrow's battle Hornbeck is sneering at the other journalists and saying that they are not as good and brilliant as he is.
Hornbeck is trying the best place to be so he can get the full effect and see both sides for the newspaper. He wants a view of the situation that no other journalsits can get. He is using a metaphor when comparing tomorrow's events to a battle. Hornbeck is using a mocking tone when explaining what he is doing. When he is saying the other journalists are going to clutter up tomorrow's battle Hornbeck is sneering at the other journalists and saying that they are not as good and brilliant as he is.